"All the all the executives are sitting there going, "Can you make your effing decision, please, so we can put this schedule together on how to divvy up your primetime games, bud."
"You don’t even hear me making excuses on a lot of those things that people crush the NBA for. But then we’ll get to the Stanley Cup, and it’ll get a sixth of the rating that the NBA Finals get."
"These teams don't have five hall of famers on it as we sit today. It's just not going to be as much talent. You're never going to associate any of these finals' teams with those teams"
"Far too many were eager to mock a staged wrestling angle, a promotional appearance, or a calculated branding move that they overlooked what was actually happening."